The looks of it, it does not appear so. They are but its a very slow process. Crews are trying to clear what theyre doing right now is that they have brought in equipment and their literately assembling the crane thats going to left the toppled crane. They have several nieces of equipment working to but the into the crane the Strong Enough to lift the crane thats on the ground echo they have representatives from caltrans, also from the chp, all overseeing the operation. Some people have some expertise in being able to give this crane a. But what makes it more difficult is this is a very large heavy piece of machinery. We have to first get it on is wheels. The chp offices once the core is cleared, the his the have 100 gallons of fuel that spilled on the roadway. Around this morning, the crane striver en route to the peninsula loss control while traveling westbound just past the exit. The 220,000 pound 88 footlong crane went off its wheels, and fell across all eastbound lanes of the high
Announcer coming up on washington journal, the state of the progressive legal movement. The cofounder and executive director demand for justice will join us. Also the president of the national right to work Legal Defense foundation, mark mix, on workforce issues and recent labor unrest. Washington journal starts now. This is a very sad day for america and was also very sad driving through washington, d. C. And seeing the filth and decay and all of the broken buildings and walls with the graffiti. This is not the place i left, it is a sad thing to see it. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading bided biden by a lot. If you cannot beat him, you persecute him or prosecute him. We cannot let this happen in america. Host good morning. It is friday, august 4. Former President Trump
The stabbing hammed just before 2 00 when dozens of students were inside the dining hall economy common air. Students and faculty got the Emergency Alert to shelter in place. We look over and hes sitting at a chair and they have all these like napkins taped to him trying to stop bleeding and theres cop cars everywhere. Reporter 45 minutes later the shelter in place was lifted. But not before students left campus shaken. I was kind of a little scared at first because you hear it happening at other campuses you dont think its going happen at yours. Reporter if you know anyone knows about crime at lasalle campus its freshman mark metzler. My parents arent happy. I was mug here a month and a half ago pretty severely. His father grew up in this got beat up after leaving a party with a couple of guys he didnt know. They ruptured my eardrum two black eyes. Messed up my nose, jaw, i was at einstein. They took my phone wallet and backpack. Police are looking for todays assailant hes only descri
Threeday losing streak in nearly four months. That index is down nearly 2 in the last three sessions, closing yesterday at 1775. The s p 500 is up about 27 yeartodate. We are going to talk more about the fed markets. Thats coming up at 8 30 eastern time. The Producer Price index for november will be released at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time. Congress are expecting a reading that shows an unchanged reading. Right now, take a look at the futures. At this point, dow futures are indicated up higher, up about 47 points. S p futures up by 7 points. Right now, lets get over to andrew with more of todays top corporate stories. Andrew. Weve got a lot of news for you, the first one being that directv is now exploring the idea of an online video service. The Company Plans to target what they call price sensitive young people. Other commerce have dropped their pay tv service. Directv and the nfl have agreed to a framework to renew the popular sunday ticket pass. Also, cocacola saying its going to split
Shaun white comes up short in the quest for threepeat. He is with us live today, wednesday, february 12th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning. Welcome to today and to sochi, russia. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie. It is crazy. You have the black sea. It is a beautiful shot. It could be a beach day today. Then if you look in the other direction, you have the snowcapped mountains of sochi and beyond. I imagine the snow is getting soft as the temperatures are beginning to rise. It has been an issue for the athletes. Matt, im glad you can add sportscaster to your resume. Thank you. A tip of the hat to shaun white who came down from the mountains. Probably not his favorite morning of the year. He is down here greeting people on the plaza. Thanks to that, shaun. We appreciate it. We will have all the latest on the olympic action in th